Stevenage September 2025

Thirty-eight competitors took their seats for the 6x6x6 Cube at The Forum, where endurance and deep focus were immediately put to the test. Taming thirty-six moving pieces per face requires physical stamina and intense concentration across extended solves. At Stevenage September 2025, held across September 6 and September 7 in Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, big cubes demanded precision as competitors managed massive piece counts and complex reduction steps through two intense rounds of competition.

Noah Calderon-Kamata emerged triumphant in the 6x6x6 Cube final, securing the victory with an average of 1:43.79 and a best single time of 1:37.62. The battle at the top of the table was tightly contested, as Monty Fox pushed the pace with a second-place average of 1:44.53. Ryan Chan rounded out the podium positions with an average of 1:51.51. Across the weekend, the 2025 speedcubing tournament drew a large field of 151 competitors battling across 7 events and 17 rounds.

The traditional 3x3x3 Cube, universally recognized as the classic Rubik's Cube, featured the weekend's largest turnout with 137 solvers navigating through four complete rounds. Monty Fox claimed the top step on the podium, logging a winning average of 6.78 and posting the best single of the event at 6.07. Noah Calderon-Kamata took the second position with an average of 7.34, while Felix Hincks claimed third in 7.99 to complete the 3x3 results.

Beyond the classic cube, Ryan Chan had an exceptionally prolific tournament across multiple categories. In the 4x4x4 Cube, Chan and Monty Fox finished with identical winning averages of 28.86, with Chan taking the win and Fox in second, while Noah Calderon-Kamata secured third with 29.57. Chan also captured first place in Square-1 with a winning average of 9.95, finishing ahead of Canada's Jensen Belen-Brown at 11.38 and Bulgaria's Anqi Yu at 13.60.

Away from the top of the podium, several competitors achieved remarkable milestones across their chosen events. Sunnie Hong Ching Shing took on six events, achieving a best finish of 29th place in Megaminx while recording first ever attempts in the 6x6x6 Cube at 5:16.23, Pyraminx at 8.40, and 4x4x4 Cube at 53.90. Kwok Hiu Yeung logged first ever attempts in Pyraminx at 9.99 and 4x4x4 Cube at 1:36.98, alongside a 3x3x3 Cube personal best of 19.88 that was 51.9 percent faster than their previous mark. Takeshi Matsuo tackled six events, achieving a 37th-place best finish in Megaminx, first attempts in 4x4x4 Cube at 49.81 and Square-1 at 1:21.24, and a 2x2x2 Cube personal best of 1.95, which cut 40.5 percent off their prior benchmark. Hui Hing Ngai excelled across three events, placing 6th in 4x4x4 Cube with a personal best of 28.45 that shaved 44.4 percent off, logging a first attempt at 6x6x6 Cube in 2:25.32, and dropping their 3x3x3 Cube best to 8.68.

Progress continued throughout the roster as solvers unlocked substantial time drops. Leila Harvey posted a massive personal best in the 2x2x2 Cube with a time of 5.55, which was 68.2 percent faster than their previous record. Ethan Liang delivered strong improvements across three categories, lowering their 2x2x2 Cube personal best by 66.4 percent to 1.75, improving their 3x3x3 Cube time by 31.4 percent to 16.77, and bettering their Pyraminx mark to 9.26. Leo Brookes recorded personal bests in the 2x2x2 Cube at 3.46, representing a 65.1 percent improvement, the 3x3x3 Cube at 17.62, representing a 53.3 percent improvement, and Pyraminx at 10.45. Ismael Gincberg registered a first ever Pyraminx attempt of 7.30 alongside a 2x2x2 Cube personal best of 2.58 that was 64.7 percent faster than before.

Shorter puzzles provided high-speed drama in Stevenage. Max Tully captured the 2x2x2 Cube crown with an average of 1.29 and a best single of 0.99, finishing ahead of Daniel Robinson at 1.58 and Noah Calderon-Kamata at 1.66. In Pyraminx, Sweden's Bo Forsell earned first place with an average of 2.26, while Ryan Chan took second in 2.91 and James Kyoichi Curry finished third in 3.01. In the twelve-sided Megaminx, Rufus Prabhu-Desai took the title with an average of 48.64, holding off Oliver Hutchings at 49.40 and Monty Fox at 53.99.

The weekend concluded as a celebrated speed cubing gathering that highlighted technical mastery across events both long and short. Representing a dynamic cubing competition on the calendar, Stevenage September 2025 demonstrated the immense skill required to excel at every layer of modern puzzle solving. With fourteen podium finishes earned by host nation solvers alongside honors for Hong Kong, Sweden, Canada, and Bulgaria, this official WCA competition delivered memorable performances across every round.